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🛝Family🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome64 ha
Getting here
52.64646, -1.13569
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rock Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Mute Swan +54 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Brown Rat, Red Fox +12 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: ABBEY RUINS
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km198 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
West End WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef West End WayLocal cycle route
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Inner RingwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Inner RingwayLocal cycle route
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
35,295 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,295 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon +30
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Jet Ant · Tremulicerus distinguendus · Speckled Wood +47
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Jet AntLasius fuliginosus
- Tremulicerus distinguendusTremulicerus distinguendus2025
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Jelly Ear · Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
🌿Plants40 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Caucasian Wingnut · Elm · Italian Alder · Bristly Oxtongue · Pointed Spear-moss +35
- Caucasian WingnutPterocarya fraxinifolia
- ElmUlmus
- Italian AlderAlnus cordata2025
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,295 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon +30
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Jet Ant · Tremulicerus distinguendus · Speckled Wood +47
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Jet AntLasius fuliginosus
- Tremulicerus distinguendusTremulicerus distinguendus2025
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Jelly Ear · Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
🌿Plants40 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Caucasian Wingnut · Elm · Italian Alder · Bristly Oxtongue · Pointed Spear-moss +35
- Caucasian WingnutPterocarya fraxinifolia
- ElmUlmus
- Italian AlderAlnus cordata2025
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
